Example sentences for: syrupy

How can you use “syrupy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Remember that most early rock 'n' roll artists, including Haley and--shockingly--Elvis, had repertoires that included lots of swing-type music, or syrupy ballads or "pop" tunes, which made them transitional artists able to appeal to both generations.

  • Made with a gee-whiz earnestness and simplicity that's so out of style it's refreshing" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). Others are more wary of the movie's syrupy core: David Denby says the film is "borderline corny, but I was held by it; I was even moved by it" ( The New Yorker ), and David Edelstein in

  • As one might expect, it tastes like a syrupy milk shake.

  • acidic balanced clean aged big cloying alcoholic bitter common aromatic bland complex astringent bouquet corky austere chalky creamy baked character crisp deep lively sensuous delicate maderized sharp developed manly simple disciplined mature small dry meager smoky earthy mealy smooth elegant medium soft empty mellow solid evolved metallic sound fat mineral sour feminine moldy spicy fierce mossy steely fiery musky stiff fine noble stony finesse nutty strong firm oaky sturdy flabby odd stylish flat off succulent flowery old sugary forceful ordinary supple foxy overripe sweet fragile peppery syrupy fragrant perfumed tangy fresh positive tannic fruity powerful tart full-bodied prickly tender gassy pungent thin gay racy unbalanced gentle rare unharmonious graceful refreshing unripe grapy rich velvety hard ripe vigorous harmonious robust watery harsh rough weak hearty round wild heavy rugged withered honest salty woody hot sappy young insipid savory zestful light scented little semisweet

  • Critics agree that this "reduction" of John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany is--in the unkind words of Variety 's Dennis Harvey--"syrupy hash."


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